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in this country, when humane and kind treatment should be substituted for 

 lordly tyranny ; and men should be treated as fellow-creatures, and not as 

 slaves, or as animals of another species. This treatment will soon become a 

 raatter of policy, as well as of justice and humanity; for, if livery servants 

 are not admitted to places open to any one else, the time will very shortly 

 arrive when no servant will wear livery ; and, when once the art of coope- 

 rating and petitioning is as well understood by this class as it is by some 

 others, liveries will soon disappear altogether. However, our object, at pre- 

 sent, has reference to the case of another class that are excluded from Ken- 

 sington Gardens, and that is " persons in homely attire." * A motion on 

 this subject was brought before parliament on June 3., by Major Beauclerk, 

 on which the Morning Chronicle oi 5 uwe 17. has the following remarks : — "In 

 what other country but England, would the circumstance brought before the 

 House the other night by Major Beauclerk have taken place ? We mean the 

 excluding from Kensington Gardens of people in homely attire. We venture to 

 say that there is not a capital in Europe but London, in which it would ever 

 occur to any one, that a poor man should not be as much at liberty as a rich 

 man to walk in any place accessible to the public. -|- Fie on the invidious 

 distinction ! Major Beauclerk is entitled to the thanks of the country for 

 drawing attention to that exclusive worship of wealth which is so excessive 

 in this country. There are already sufficient advantages in being rich, and 

 sufficient disadvantages in being poor ; and, if we wish that existing rights 

 should be respected, we ought not to add to the evils of the latter by invi- 

 dious and unnecessary insult." (ilforw. Chron., June 17.) — Cond. 



Neiv and rare Plants lately introduced into the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 

 — Cereus senilis, C. tunicatus, C. cinerascens, Opuntia pulvinata, 0. tomen- 

 tosa, Mammillaria cirrifera, M. elegans, M. fulvispina, M. magnimamma, M. 

 radicans, M. longimamma, Echinocactus crispata, E. cornigera or latispina ; 

 Poinsettz« pulcherrima, and a variety with yellow bracteas ; the true Lopho- 

 spermum scandens, iMentzeli« stipitata. A great many other plants have been 

 received belonging to the genera Plumierfw, Solandra, Yucca, iiJuphorbk, Pit- 

 cairnz«. Pancratium, &c. &c. — H. S. Liverpool, Sept. 5. 1836. 



Jersey, Sept. 4. 1836. — The vegetation of Jersey scarcely exhibits that lux- 

 uriance and distinctness of character which Dr. M'Culloch's observations on 

 it would lead one to expect ; and, compared with that of the coast of Devon- 

 shire, the only difference striking the eye is the greater number of fig trees, 

 (which are not generallj' larger than some seen in that county), and of pe- 

 largoniums and fuchsias in the open ground. From what Dr. M'Culloch says 

 of Aloysiff citriodora, I expected to see it generally cultivated, but I looked 

 for it in vain in the numerous small gardens in front of the houses in the 

 suburbs; and the first and last I saw was in the garden of a nurseryman, and 

 not of an extraordinary size, though he said there are trees of it in this island, 

 with stems as thick as his wrist, and proportionably high. That Jersey, how- 

 ever, must enjoy a decided advantage from its insular character and situation, 

 80 miles further to the south than any part of England, is evident, and is proved, 

 amongst other facts, by the superiority of its chaumontelle pears, which are said 

 never to have been equalled there, and sell even in the island for five guineas 

 the hundred, for those of the larger size, weighing from sixteen to eighteen 

 ounces each. But this high price, it must be remarked, is confined to the very 

 finest pears. Those of smaller size may be bought for twopence each, or less, 



* One of the most original writers, and decidedly the first German scholar 

 of the age, was once refused admittance into Kensington Gardens on account 

 of his dress. 



f This may be the case now ; but, some years ago^ no poorly dressed or 

 labouring man was allowed to enter the garden of the Tuilleries at Pai-is ; 

 and we know an instance, which occurred about ten years ago, of a lady and 

 little boy being prevented from passing through the garden, because the boy 

 had a large c;'.ke, wrapped up in paper, in his hand. 



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